[Dspace-tech] can I use xml instead of RDBMS for backend support?

[Neetika.Markanday]

Hi,

 

I am in a process of analysing the DSpace technology to implement in my
project.

My requirement is like this:

 

1) There will be around 50,000 reports in pdf formats

2) Index used in my case are  customized.(name,account number,
date...like this)

3) I just need to search through them to get the respective file
corresponding to my indices.

4) there is no need for adding any further data in the store, just i
need to browse through the the files, no need for addition.

 

Please tell me , can I use xml for storing the metadata indexes to the
pdf files?? or is it a mandatory  requirement  to have RDBMS support

 

If yes then in which classes I have to look for changes

 

Please reply at you earliest.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Neetika

 

 



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Re: [Dspace-tech] can I use xml instead of RDBMS for backend support?

[James Rutherford]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 03:16:49PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 4) there is no need for adding any further data in the store, just i
 need to browse through the the files, no need for addition.
 
 Please tell me , can I use xml for storing the metadata indexes to the
 pdf files?? or is it a mandatory  requirement  to have RDBMS support

It's actually far more complicated than that. DSpace simply won't
function without a database. You couldn't even have a format registry
that told you it was a pdf without a database, let alone have user
authentication, metadata, etc. The database is also used to store other
information about the file such as size, name, location on disk, etc.

cheers,

Jim

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